Re: Connection from ::1

["Nathan Ryan Milford" <nmilford@PolyPrep.org>]

::1 is to IPv6
as
127.0.0.1 is to IPv4
-nathan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Greene" <pauljgreene@comcast.net>
To: <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 12:31 AM
Subject: Connection from ::1


> I found this line in my daemon log file today, and have no memory of
attempting to log in to this box on Feb 21.
>
> What would cause a connection from "::1"?
>
> Feb 21 23:30:42 <hostname> identd[19446]: Connection from ::1
>
> (I hope this isn't one of those repeated a million times questions; I
didn't find anything in a google search or a search of the obsd website.)
>
> Paul